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Area codes 717 and 223 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for South Central Pennsylvania and the Susquehanna Valley. The numbering plan area (NPA) includes the Harrisburg, Lancaster, and York metropolitan areas and a considerable portion of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, an area with nearly two million people.
Area code 717 is an area code for Pennsylvania. It was one of the first area codes created in 1947. It initially covered the entire central portion of the state, but after it was split by 570 in 1998, it now covers the southern central portion of the state.
Each NPA is identified by one or more numbering plan area codes (NPA codes, or area codes), consisting of three digits that are prefixed to each local telephone number having seven digits. A numbering plan area with multiple area codes is called an overlay .
This is a list of telephone area codes of Pennsylvania. In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company divided Pennsylvania into four numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned distinct area codes for each.
223 / 717. Timeline: - 1947: Area Code 717 was first introduced in Pennsylvania. - 1998: Area code 717 was split to create area code 570. - 2017: Area code 223 was put into service as an overlay of area code 717, requiring mandatory ten-digit dialing in the region. Relieved by: 223 and 570.
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